Short documentary "Holding Your Breath" (2021) directed by Katarzyna Sikorska with cinematography by Arkadiusz Powałka, produced at the Kieslowski Film School received the award - the Silver Mammoth at the 1st Polish Sports Film Festival in Zakopane.

In addition, among the laureates in the feature film category are also graduates of the Kieslowski Film School of the University of Silesia.

• Honorable Mention - Silver Mammoth - the film "Going for Gold" directed by Ksawery Szczepanik
• Audience Award - Bronze Mammoth - the film "Fury" directed by Krzysztof Kasior

The Festival of Polish Sports Films is a nationwide, competition review of the best achievements of documentary filmmaking in the broad sense of sports, intended exclusively for Polish filmmakers. The first edition of the festival was held on December 8-11, 2021 in Zakopane.

12 December 2021

Between 29.11 and 3.12. six students of Directing and Cinematography form Kieślowski Film School took part in the documentary film workshop “Portrait of a Protagonist” at C-Space in Berlin. The workshop was directed to young filmmakers and photographers from Poland and Germany.

During the 5 days group of 15 students under the supervision of renowned documentary filmmakers Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Rosołowski pitched their ideas and created storyboards of their films, before setting off into the city to film their protagonists. The materials were later on edited in the studio and the final works presented during the last day of the workshop on Friday, 3th December.

The project was possible thanks to the cooperation of the Kieślowski Film School with the Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie in Berlin and received funding from the Foundation of the Polish-German Cooperation, Sanddorf-Stiftung, fsk-Kino and a publisher Falschrum Books.

09 December 2021

On Thursday, December 9, 2021 a meeting with Tomasz Kolankiewicz, the artistic director of the Polish Feature Film Festival in Gdynia. The meeting will take place at 1 p.m. in the cinema hall of the Kieślowski Film School.

The open meeting for students will be about the Polish Feature Film Festival in Gdynia. Tomasz Kolankiewicz will talk about how the festival opens up to young people and how cinema - including genre cinema - can talk about our social reality. After the lecture, there is an opportunity to ask questions.

Tomasz Kolankiewicz is a film expert and film historian, curator of film series, conducting lectures and talks about film. As a film programmer, he has many years of experience in cooperation with television, film festivals, cinemas and cultural institutions (including Nowy Teatr, National Film Archive - Audiovisual Institute, European Solidarity Center). In the years 2008 - 2017 he was the program editor at the TVP Kultura film editorial office.

03 December 2021

The 39th edition of the Tous Courts Festival in Aix-en-Provence, France took place from November 30 to December 4, 2021. In the international competition of experimental short films, the film "Flora" (2021), dir. Karolina Monwid-Olechnowicz produced at the Kieślowski Film School was screened.

For 39 years, the Tous Courts Festival has presented films that illustrate the richness and diversity of international short films. Its aim is to create a space for creativity and freedom, while maintaining cultural diversity. The festival has 2 competition sections.

The film "Flora" in France is represented by the director - Karolina Monwid-Olechnowicz and the actress - Martyna Dyląg.

Karolina Monwid-Olechnowicz and Martyna Dyląg's trip to this event was possible thanks to the support of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute from the "Polish Culture in the World" program.

02 December 2021